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The men behind the control order appeal
Posted on June 10, 2009The men at the heart of today?s appeal are known only by initials. One is a British citizen from Derby; one has dual UK and Libyan nationality and the third is an Iraqi national who claimed asylum.
Northern Rock investors step up payout fight
Posted on June 10, 2009Shareholders suing the Government over the nationalisation of Northern Rock began a legal appeal this morning.
Civil justice system: why we are doing well but can do better
Posted on June 10, 2009Ten years ago I took on the task of looking at how we could reform our slow and costly civil justice system. The resulting proposals were enshrined in new civil procedure rules (CPR). They were intended to transform, and I believe did transform, the legal system...
Why must a secret service fair hearing be heard in secret?
Posted on June 10, 2009Former MI5 officers guard many secrets. But, as Dame Stella Rimington well knows, they can tell their own stories. A former agent has to seek prior approval for publication from his or her former employers and, if it is not given, any dispute will ultimately be adjudicated by a High Court Judge with all the usual safeguards to ensure a fair trial...
Corporate manslaughter: making work a much safer place
Posted on June 10, 2009In law, small cases often mark major milestones. When the prosecution of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings begins next week at Stroud Magistrates? Court, a new chapter in English law will begin. It will be the first case brought under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and it signifies a new approach to prosecuting companies for alleged crimes.
Case study: stateless Palestinian came to Britain as refugee
Posted on June 10, 2009Mahmoud Abu Rideh is a stateless Palestinian who came to Britain as a refugee and in 1998 was granted indefinite leave to remain.
Lawyer of the Week: Chris Fry
Posted on June 10, 2009Chris Fry, head of industrial diseases at Wake Smith & Tofields, a Yorkshire firm, acted for Stephanie Baker in the landmark Court of Appeal industrial noise test case on the liability of employers for hearing loss becasue of noise at lower levels than those generally recognised as giving rise to liability.
Is that it for final salary pension schemes?
Posted on June 10, 2009The announcement by Donald Brydon, chairman of the Royal Mail, that he is ready to close the group?s final-salary pension scheme if the proposed part-privatisation does not go ahead could be seen either as a threat or a simple statement of prudent management.
Secret evidence: undermining the great traditions of British justice
Posted on June 09, 2009Tomorrow the law lords will hand down their decision on the legality of the control orders regime under which terrorist suspects are detained.
Gary McKinnon, hacker with Asperger syndrome, fights extradition to US
Posted on June 09, 2009A British ?UFO eccentric? accused of hacking into US military networks brought a last challenge in the High Court yesterday against extradition to America on health grounds.
Supreme Court gives go-ahead to Chrysler sale
Posted on June 09, 2009The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay on Chrysler's sale to the Italian company Fiat, ending fears that the American car manufacturer would be forced to liquidate.
Treasury weighs the options for autumn sale of Northern Rock
Posted on June 09, 2009The Treasury has told its investment banking advisers to examine the feasibility of selling Northern Rock, the nationalised lender, back to the City in the autumn, The Times has learnt.
London's Metropolitan Police accused of waterboarding suspects
Posted on June 09, 2009Crime Central: official responses | Cannabis case led to claims | Waterboarding: torture without a trace | Enfield police get new commander | Andy Hayman
Buyers circle Keydata while Revenue seeks unpaid tax
Posted on June 09, 2009Keydata Investment Services, the insolvent investment firm, mis-sold tax-efficient savings products to thousands of individual investors, it emerged last night, as buyers queued to acquire the troubled company.
EU finance ministers clash over reforms
Posted on June 09, 2009Tensions mounted between the EU?s big economies as Alistair Darling was backed by Germany in resisting moves towards pan-European oversight of banks and financial groups.
Omagh damages may prompt legal action against IRA backers
Posted on June 08, 2009The unprecedented victory by 12 relatives of victims of the 1998 Omagh bomb may prompt other legal actions against the backers of the IRA or al-Qaeda by victims? families.
BPP agrees £304m US takeover
Posted on June 08, 2009BPP, Europe?s largest accountancy training company and operator of one of the UK?s leading law schools, said this morning that it had agreed a £303.5 million cash takeover offer from Apollo Global, a US education group.
Families of victims triumph in civil lawsuit over Omagh bombings
Posted on June 08, 2009Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims today hailed their victory in a landmark multi-million pound civil action against four men they blamed for the atrocity in which 29 people died.
Fraudsters jailed over Aviva scam
Posted on June 08, 2009Three convicted fraudsters who successfully conned five directors at Aviva, the insurer, out of a combined £638,000 have been sent to jail, City of London police said today.
How the Real IRA brought murderous mayhem to Omagh on a summer day
Posted on June 08, 2009It was a warm August Saturday afternoon and Market Street in Omagh was thronged with shoppers and tourists. With only one weekend to go before the schools reopened after the summer holiday, many parents had brought their children into town to buy new uniforms.
Opt out or your number?s up for mobile phone privacy
Posted on June 08, 2009The first directory service that claims to be able to find any British mobile phone number is expected to cause a row over privacy when it begins operation next week.
Fertility doctor Mohamed Taranissi awarded libel settlement with BBC
Posted on June 08, 2009The BBC faces a multimillion-pound legal bill after settling a libel battle with one of Britain?s most successful fertility doctors.
Cherie Booth turns mediator to cut legal costs for companies
Posted on June 08, 2009Cherie Booth, QC, and Lord Woolf, the former Lord Chief Justice, will spearhead a new scheme today aimed at saving big companies millions of pounds in legal costs by settling disputes out of court.
Families of victims triumph in civil lawsuit over Omagh bombings
Posted on June 08, 2009From Bali to Mumbai the message went out around the world from Belfast last night that terrorists can in future be successfully pursued by their victims through the courts.
BBC faces £6m payout in libel case with IVF doctor Mohamed Taranissi
Posted on June 08, 2009The BBC faces a multimillion-pound legal bill after settling a libel battle with one of Britain?s most successful fertility doctors.
Shell agrees $15.5m settlement over death of Saro-Wiwa and eight others$
Posted on June 08, 2009Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million ($£9.6 million) to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of colluding with Nigeria?s former military regime over the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other peaceful anti-oil protesters.
Omagh bombing families face judgment day in their quest for justice
Posted on June 07, 2009Seventy miles separate Omagh from Belfast. This morning it will seem like the longest journey ever taken for the families of victims of the worst atrocity in the Troubles.
Search for Madoff assets pits British and Americans against one another in New York court
Posted on June 07, 2009The British liquidators of Bernard Madoff's phoney fund management business will fight in a New York court tomorrow for the right to seize the convicted fraudster's US assets.
UK faces backlash over 'libel tourists'
Posted on June 07, 2009American politicians are pushing through free speech laws to protect US citizens from libel rulings in British courts that have been accused of stifling criticism of oligarchs and dictators.
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